On the PC side, other NDI-enabled tools of the same subnet can discover the encoder automatically. Currently there are many NDI-enabled software. The following is an example of how to automatically discover and pull NDI video streams by using NewTek studio monitor and vMix.
- Open NewTek studio monitor software, click the icon in the upper left corner to display the list of device names that have been discovered. The device list will be displayed according to different channel names. Select the device you want to connect, and then you can pull the current video stream of the converter.
Note: After opening the selected video of the converter by Studio Monitor, click in the lower right corner of the player to open the Webpage of the converter directly, which is convenient for the management of the converter.
- Open vMix, click “Add Input” of the left corner, select “more”, which shows it can add various sources. Click “NDI/desktop capture”, it shows NDI devices list. According to device names and channel names, you could select the device you want to add, then click “OK”, the video source will be added into vMIX play source list.
Note: NDI discovery is implemented through multicast. Therefore, the NDI converter and other NDI devices should be in the same subnet. The device is configured with the IP address of the same subnet and can communicate with each other (It can be obtained automatically). Otherwise, NDI stream may not be automatically discovered NDI stream.